Letter from Aurelius D Parker, West Milan, [New Hampshire], to Samuel May, 1858 March 29th

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Aurelius D Parker, West Milan, [New Hampshire], to Samuel May, 1858 March 29th
Description:
Aurelius D. Parker writes to Samuel May stating that since "it has been some time since we had any interchange of thoughts" he sends his letter to let him know "the battle goes with me & others in in [sic] the mountains". He decribes the growth of the abolitonist movement in Coos County and asks May about "the use of the ballot" in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Parker then comments "Patriotism & Christianity are two things are they not?" and requests that the Liberator, along with other some other publications, are sent to a "W.A. Crafts." He also remarks that Charles King Whipple "is mighty in attacking the strong holds of superstition & hypocracy [sic]" and that his work "must take quite a burden off of Mr. Garrison."
Author:
Parker, Aurelius D.
Addressee:
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Date:
March 29, 1858
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Abolitionists--United States--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--Religious aspects--Christianity--United States--History--19th century
Social reformers--United States--History--19th century
Abolitionists--United States--History--19th century
Antislavery movements--United States
Christianity
Social reformers--United States
May, Samuel, Jr., 1810-1899
Parker, Aurelius D.
Whipple, Charles K. (Charles King), 1808-1900
Liberator (Boston, Mass. : 1831)
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 25 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z10zb14b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
West Milan, [New Hampshire]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Title devised by cataloger.
Legacy catalog card includes a note stating, "Signature very illegible; might be A.D. Tasker."
While letter from Parker is written on pages 1-3, a small note is written on page 4 by Samuel May to unknown (possibly William Lloyd Garrison or Robert Folger Wallcut). In this note, May says he "occasionally" receives letters from this man, "a Lib[erator] subscriber, living in the upper part of N[ew] Hampshire." May calls him "a bold, thinking, & honest man" and says that while he has thought about publishing the letters in the Liberator, "his hand-writing and his spelling are so bad, & he omits so many words, that it is somewhat difficult to make out." He adds, "I would like to have you look at them."
Identifier:
5124820
Call #:
MS A.1.2 v.28, p.26
Barcode:
39999085431342